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British IS girl "wants to return to Britain"

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themoomoo · 14/02/2019 07:26

Said she has no regrets;
Says she's seen severed heads in bins but it didn't faze her.
Says living with IS lived up to her expectations.
Now she wants to come home to Britain as she's 9 months pregnant.

Sounds an ideal member of any sane society

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Sirzy · 14/02/2019 07:28

Probably safer to let her back. Arrest/monitor her closely. Protect the child from being influenced by such groups.

DustyMaiden · 14/02/2019 07:30

I read that, I thought well doesn’t she sound delightful. I’m quite speechless really.

ChampagneCommunist · 14/02/2019 07:31

I'm assuming she is a British citizen, so yes, she gets to come back.

But, she has to face the consequences of her actions, which may include criminal charges and SS involvement as I think her fitness to be a parent may be in question

Dyrne · 14/02/2019 07:31

She’s definitely going to end up facilitating other girls to do the exact same thing. All this talk of how it’s exactly like the propoganda videos; whilst neatly skipping over the fact that she had to marry an older man than she wanted, she lost 2 babies, and 2 of the friends that went with her were killed in bombing attacks.

If she comes back hopefully MI5 will stick to her like glue.

surferjet · 14/02/2019 07:33

The daily mail couldn’t make it up.

OnlineAlienator · 14/02/2019 07:33

Why come back if living in ISISville is so great? Hmm

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Grumpbum123 · 14/02/2019 07:35

Let her back to protect her unborn child, s/he didn’t ask to be involved in this, but SS involvement and arrest her and charge her accordingly.

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themoomoo · 14/02/2019 07:37

She says she's not the silly little 15 year old she was when she left. No, from the sounds of it she's a battle hardened grown up who is still fully enamoured of the IS ideology

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Dyrne · 14/02/2019 07:38

I’m not entirely sure what we could charge her with - I think it’s a crime to travel to fight with isis, but did they include anything about girls going over to marry? I think they’ve charged people for helping it happen, but not sure about the girls themselves?

IceRebel · 14/02/2019 07:38

I feel sorry for her child. However, if she comes back I fear she wouldn't actually face any charges / very light charges, which would just make it more of an incentive for others to do as she has done.

JellySlice · 14/02/2019 07:39

Well, she's a bit disappointed that they're so bossy and controlling. And she wants the NHS to take care of her.

meditrina · 14/02/2019 07:39

If she's monitored closely, then that's one fewer of the others who are on the radar who get monitored (there aren't unlimited resources to cover the radicalised population)

I do not think it is a good idea to let her return. If she manages to travel back here, then yes she wouid have to stay (unless she has had her nationality revoked) and we have to accept the diversion of resources.

I feel sorry for all children whose lives are cut short from preventable causes in all the countries in the world where that is all to common. I give to charities which are active in some of them (for sanitation mainly) and hope that we, as one of the richest populations on the planet use our aid budget well

meditrina · 14/02/2019 07:42

"I’m not entirely sure what we could charge her with"

Membership of a proscribed organisation - the Terrorism Act has extra-territorial provision. Possibly supporting terrorists/preparing terrorist acts depending on how much we know about what she has actually done.

Dyrne · 14/02/2019 07:42

It’s a bit chilling actually, reading her words.

Others have at least pretended to be upset and to have made the wrong choice. This woman sounds completely unrepentant. Almost like she’s had her ISIS gap year, and is now ready for the next adventure.

53rdWay · 14/02/2019 07:44

I don’t know how charges would work, given her age when she went over. SS involvement and being very closely watched by intelligence services at least though surely.

It’s not totally accurate to say she had no problems with IS or with life in Syria. She’s also said that the corruption and oppression of life there came as a shock to her (if only there’d been some clue, eh?) and she doesn’t think they deserve to win any more. But I’d be concerned there that there’s not much to stop her joining the next group that advertises itself as IS but purer...

wowfudge · 14/02/2019 07:44

She's still so young and has gone and put herself through so much because of her skewed views. Now it's all gone wrong she wants to come home. She's totally unrepentant.

Dyrne · 14/02/2019 07:44

Ah thanks meditrina - it makes sense that we’d have it covered under the terrorism act.

Her “husband” should definitely be locked up - add sex with a minor in amongst his terror offences.

picklemepopcorn · 14/02/2019 07:51

The government are planning to create 'prohibited zones', criminalising travel to those areas which would cover this in future.

Tipmeover · 14/02/2019 08:00

Do you really think there is such a thing as being a ‘minor’ over there Dyrne?

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meditrina · 14/02/2019 08:03

"I don’t know how charges would work, given her age when she went over"

Exactly as normal. Age of criminal responsibility in England is 10

cdtaylornats · 14/02/2019 08:07

Anyone else coming back after living abroad wouldn't get free NHS treatment.

Leave her where she is and take in a refugee instead.

meditrina · 14/02/2019 08:09

The interview will have been edited, we might have been drawing all sorts of wrong conclusions.

If she's over 36 weeks, she'll find it difficult to get here - not only admin details (unless she still has an in-date British passport) but also finding airlines who will take her. It might be more realistic to see if there is another country nearer to current location where she can give birth and live for the neonatal time.